| I planted my onions back in January. When it would freeze, I just covered them up with oak leaves for the night then uncovered the next morning. I've had great luck with them. They are growing pretty slow with the cooler weather -- but now they are picking up because it's been so nice and warm over the last 2 weeks :) This past weekend I got the following seedlings planted (raised beds): 2 - Sweet 100's Tomatos 1 - Golden Jubilee Tomato 1 - Early Girl Tomato 1 - Yellow Sweet Bell Pepper 1 - Giant Marconi Sweet Pepper 1 - Sweet Banana Pepper 1 - Japanese Eggplant 7 - Clemson Spineless Okra 18 - Broccoli I also potted in containers: 1 - Golden Jubilee Tomato 1 - German Queen Tomato 1 - Patio Tomato 1 - ? tomato (can't remember variety LOL) 1 - Parsley (curly) I got alot of seeds started in those compressed pellets this past weekend. Since I have limited room in my raised beds, I thought it would be a good idea to get everything else started in those starters so I wouldn't have to worry about a seed not germinating. Plus, I'm bringing the covered domes that the starters are in inside everynight. Sso they are staying fairly warm to speed germination. Everything is germinating quite nicely :) I have: 7 Top Turnip India Mustard Detriot Red Beet Blue Lake Bush Snap Bean Purple Queen Bush Snap Bean Provider Bush Snap Bean Cherokee Wax Bush Snap Bean Golden Beets Dragon Tongue Bush Snap Bean Tender Green Bush Snap Bean Cucumber - Blonde Cucumber - National Pickling Corn, Early Sunglow I'll set all of these out over the next two weeks. The turnips and mustard greens are already coming up! I think I'm going to continue using the pellets thru out the gardening season because I can get seedlings planted inside and get them a 2 to 4 week head start before transplanting them in the garden. If I time it right, I can pull up plants that are finished producing and toss them into the compost pile and immediately replant the square with a seedling that's a couple of weeks old. I'm hoping that I can rotate more crops thru this way too. And, it will keep my veggie garden looking planted all the time and I won't have any bare spots. |